"Gov. Kitzhaber estimates the state budget shortfall at $850 million. Where would you start looking for this money?"

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Match the photo with the response. Answers below.

(A) BILL MARQUAM, 57Rework grinder Molalla

(B) MICHAEL PETERSON, 45Amvets employee East County

(C)

TORREY BENNISON, 33 SchoolteacherNortheast Portland

(D) JOCELYN HAYWARD, 26Retail manager North Portland

ANSWER #1: "I'd start with Bill Sizemore. Without his nonsense, we could pretty much make up that shortfall."

ANSWER #2: "The Multnomah County Sheriff's Department. I'm not knocking the whole department, but the majority of the phone calls those deputies make are personal phone calls."

ANSWER #3: "I think we can get more money out of the lottery. Cigarettes, too, though I suppose both of those options run the risk of taking advantage of addicts. We could probably just trim from the municipal payroll; I see a lot of city workers just standing around their vehicles."

ANSWER #4: "I think they should start by cutting the military. I guess that in this case that means the Oregon National Guard. But they'll cut funding from schools, you know they will."

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